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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2015
Driver in fatal Miyazaki pedestrian accident had epileptic seizure in past: acquaintances
A 73-year-old man who rammed his car into pedestrians in downtown Miyazaki Wednesday had suffered an epileptic seizure in the past, his acquaintances said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2015
Woman dies after car plows into pedestrians; driver arrested
A woman is killed and four people are injured when a car driven by a doctor ran across a sidewalk and struck an apparel shop outside JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2015
Penchant for running red lights said highest in Osaka Prefecture
Ignoring a red light comes as no surprise in Osaka, the country's worst-ranking prefecture, where the number of fatalities in traffic accidents stemming from disregarding signals hit 102 in the first half of this year.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2015
Elderly Osaka pair killed in four-car crash; five hurt
Two elderly residents of Osaka Prefecture were killed Sunday evening and five people suffered various injuries in a four-vehicle collision in the prefectural city of Yao.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2014
Middle-aged biker accident deaths surge, prompting safety concerns
While the number of fatal traffic accidents has been on the decline nationwide in recent years, those involving middle-aged and elderly motorcyclists have been increasing, prompting safety concerns among road-traffic authorities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2014
Schoolchildren taken to hospital after Tokyo expressway accident
Forty-six people, including schoolchildren, were taken to hospital on Saturday morning following an accident involving three buses and a motorcycle on Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway, the fire department said.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2014
Traffic deaths at record low over Bon
Police data show this year's Bon summer holiday period was the safest in terms of the number of traffic deaths.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2014
Road deaths under 2,000 in first half of '14: police report
The number of people killed in traffic accidents in the first six months of 2014 came to 1,925, down 79 from the same period a year earlier, with the number sinking below 2,000 for the first time since the first half of 2012, the National Police Agency revealed in a report on Thursday.
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 25, 2014
Aichi police switch to carrot over stick to prevent traffic accidents
Aichi Prefecture is taking a unique approach to reducing the number of traffic accidents after having the worst rate in the country 11 years running.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2014
Japan's traffic death toll falls to record low in 2013
The number of people last year who died within 30 days of being involved in a traffic accident marked a record low of 5,152, down 1.6 percent from 2012, National Police Agency data showed Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2013
Daughters of Gin-san to make traffic safety ad
Three daughters of the late Gin-san, one of Japan's famous centenarian twins, will appear in a TV commercial to be aired from September as a part of the Aichi Prefectural Government's traffic safety campaign.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Jul 15, 2013
Bumps in the road that we can afford
Dear Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ota,
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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